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The final position of various parties for total of 288 seats in Haryana.

Party name

Lead

Won

2009 result

Changes

BJP

00

47

04

+43

Congress

00

15

40

-25

Indian National Lok Dal

00

20

31

11

Others

00

6

08

-2

Independent

00

00

07

Total Seat – 90 (For formation of Government required 45 seat)

The final position of various parties for total of 288 seats in Maharashtra.

5.55 p.m. As many as 2,302 independent candidates — 1,699 from Maharashtra and 603 from Haryana — contested the assembly elections. Of these, only 11 could win and 2,290 others lost their seats, as per the results announced by the Election Commission.

4:30 pm: BJP makes huge gains in Vidarbha – ahead in 43 out of 62 seats in the region

4:20pm: We didn’t end alliance with Shiv Sena, says Amit Shah. Breaking the alliance was not our decision. We respect our allies, but we can’t keep alliances by sacrificing our party workers, he said.

4.19 pm: Rahul Gandhi congratulates BJP for its success in Maharashtra and Haryana elections, says people voted for change. “We accept people’s verdict. Congress will work hard on the ground to once again earn people’s confidence” he said. 4:15pm: Congress wins Saoner seat in Nagpur district, BJP wins the other 11.

4.05 pm: Mr. Deshmukh, 88, who represented Sangola seat in Solapur district, had in 2009 become the second legislator in India after DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi to have won 10 elections.

3:50 pm: With NCP offering outside support to BJP, Congress would have the consolation of being the largest opposition party and its leader would be Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly in Maharashtra.

Congratulations to BJP and Modi ji for their victory in Haryana and for their performance in Maharashtra

“No party has received complete majority. BJP has emerged as the largest party and I congratulate them. The Congress’ performance has been disappointing. There were certain improvements after Lok Sabha elections, but they were not sufficient. I take responsibility of my party’s defeat. We will work as a positive opposition, and will work for strengthening the party,” he tells reporters at Karad South.

Congress is 23% up in Maharashtra as compared to Lok Sabha elections. I am confident the upswing is beginning. We must be ready for 2014! — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 19, 2014

Congratulations Prithviraj Chavan for proving that men of principle, integrity& English-language education can also win elections! — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 19, 2014

2:00 pm: As per the Election Commission till 1 PM, out of total 90 seats, BJP has won eight and was leading comfortably on 43 others, Congress bagged three and leading in 11, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won three and leading in 18 while its ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had won one.

Independents bagged one seat and were leading in four others while Haryana Janhit Congress is leading in two seats.

1:53 pm: Ruling Congress’ sitting MLA from Rai Assembly segment in Sonepat district, Haryana, Jai Tirath Dahiya won by a thin margin of three votes defeating his nearest rival of the Indian National Lok Dal.

1.50 pm: “First time we fought on our own in Maharashtra. As an alliance partner of Shiv Sena we used to fight 119 seats. Now on our own we have won almost the same number of seats. It is big victory. Parliamentary Board is meeting at 6 pm to decide future course of action,” says former BJP president Nitin Gadkari

1.47 pm: In Alibaug constituency, Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) candidate Pandit Patil defeated his nearest rival Mahendra Dalvi of Shiv Sena by over 12,000 votes. Baglan seat was won by NCP’s Dipika Sanjay Chavan by a close margin of 4,181 votes.

>>In Ralegaon (ST) (Yavatmal), Congress candidate Vasant Purke was trailing with 18,085 votes, while Ashwin Uike of BJP was leading with 33,184 votes.

>> In Sangli, BJP candidate Sudhirdada Gadgil was leading by 2,135 votes by the end of the 8th round. In Pune, former Congress minister Harshawardhan Patil was trailing by over 10,000 votes in Indapur constituency.

10.58 am: Former CM Prithviraj Chavan trailing behind Vilaskaka Undalkar in south Karad, while former Deputy CM Ajit Pawar is leading in Baramati in western Maharashtra.

10.55 am: With no party appearing to be in a position to reach the magic figure of 145 seats needed to form government, Maharashtra looks set to witness a plethora of permutations and combinations in the next few days

10.52 am: Geeta Gawli leads from Byculla, Mumbai

10.48 am: BSP leading from North Nagpur seat by over 3000 votes. BJP second. Congress minister Nitin Raut third

10.47 am: Madhuri Misal of BJP retains Pune.

10.48 am: BSP leading from North Nagpur seat by over 3000 votes. BJP second. Congress minister Nitin Raut third

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10.34 am: Odisha’s ruling BJD takes early lead in by-election to the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat.

10.30 am: Former Maharashtra minister Sanjay Deotale, who joined BJP and contested from Warora, trailing behind Ashawari Deotale of Congress, who is also his sister-in-law.

10.29 am: Congress and NCP are heading for a major jolt in Vidarbha region where outgoing ministers Anil Deshmukh, Nitin Raut, Rajendra Mulak and MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre’s son Rahul Thakre are trailing in their respective constituencies.

10.27 am:Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda was leading over Satish Nandal of the INLD by a margin of 3,523 votes from his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak district.

10.26 am: Om Parkash Barwa of INLD was leading over Jai Parkash Dalal of BJP by 1803 votes in Loharu.

10.26am: In Naraingarh, Nayab Singh of BJP was leading over Ram Kishan of Congress by 442 votes. In Bawani Khera, Daya Bhurtana of INLD was leading over Ram Kishan Fauji of Congress by 2074 votes.

10.26 am: Dev Kumar Sharma of BJP was leading over Kamalvir Singh of Congress by 250 votes in Dabwali.

10.25am: In Ellenabad, Pawan Beniwal of BJP leading over Abhay Singh Chautala of INLD by 494 votes. Krishan Lal Panwar of BJP was leading over Balbir Singh of Congress by 1910 votes in Israna.In Badli, Sumitra Dhirpal Singh of INLD was leading over Om Parkash Dhankar of BJP.

10.24 am: Randhir Singh Kapriwas of BJP was leading over Satish Yadav of INLD by 766 votes from Rewari constituency, from where Haryana Minister and six-time legislator Ajay Singh Yadav was trailing.

10.24 am: Gopal Kanda, chief of Haryana Lokhit Party was leading over Makhan Lal Singla of INLD by a margin of 695 votes from Sirsa constituency

10.21 am: In Barwala, Ramniwas Ghorela of Congress was leading over Ved Narang of INLD by 51 votes. In Dadri, Surinder Singh of HJC-BL was leading over Rajdeep of INLD by 945 votes. Om Parkash Barwa of INLD was leading over Jai Parkash Dalal of BJP by 1803 votes in Loharu.

10.19 am: BJP’s Krisha Khopde leading by over 25000 votes from East Nagpur seat

10.18 am: INLD’s Haryana unit chief Ashok Arora trailing from his Thanesar constituency from where Subhash Sudha of the BJP was leading by 2279 votes

10:12 am:“Now, a common person votes for an honest, progressive candidate who will provide good governance. All those parties which will stick to traditional calculations will feel the brunt of the change in voters’ outlook,” says BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.

10.02 am: Amit Satam of BJP is leading over Ashok Bhau Jadhav of Congress in Mumbai’s Andheri West seat. In Nashik-Central, BJP candidate Devyani Pharande is leading over sitting MNS MLA Vasant Gite.

10.00 am: Congress’ Anis Ahmad overtakes BJP from Nagpur central

9.57 am:“We are moving towards a majority. We have always maintained that Shiv Sena is not our political opponent. We are hurt by their comments on our leader Narendra Modi,” says BJP Maharashtra chief Devendra Fadnavis.